"The Lincoln Train is Coming" by Wayne and Mary Cay Wesolowski

The Sower and The Seed Shoppe

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"The Lincoln Train is coming!" is a phrase people repeated in 1865 all along the 1666-mile rail route of Abraham Lincoln's final journey from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois.  A lead engine preceded the funeral train by 10 minutes to clear the tracks and announce the impending arrival of the train.  Without motion pictures or television, the only way citizens could get a glimpse of the train bearing the President's body was to  actually come track side - and that they did.  Family stories of the experiences of great grandparents waiting for the passing of the funeral train, often in the rain and often at night are common.  They knew they were witnessing a momentous historical event.  In this book, the Wesolowski's have recaptured part of that moment in history with their scale model exhibit.

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"The Lincoln Train is coming!" is a phrase people repeated in 1865 all along the 1666-mile rail route of Abraham Lincoln's final journey from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois.  A lead engine preceded the funeral train by 10 minutes to clear the tracks and announce the impending arrival of the train.  Without motion pictures or television, the only way citizens could get a glimpse of the train bearing the President's body was to  actually come track side - and that they did.  Family stories of the experiences of great grandparents waiting for the passing of the funeral train, often in the rain and often at night are common.  They knew they were witnessing a momentous historical event.  In this book, the Wesolowski's have recaptured part of that moment in history with their scale model exhibit.